Helmuth v. Apgar
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Appeal by defendants from a judgment entered in the Hinth District Court, upon the verdict of a jury in favor of plaintiff for $170, as the value of his services as traveling salesman for defendants in January and February, 1896.
1Opinion of the CourtDaly, P. J.
Plaintiff jvas taken on trial as traveling salesman for two months over certain territory, his compensation to be fixed at the end of that time. . It was proved that his sales amounted at least to $1,988.90, on which the profits were $190, and that his traveling expenses were about $168. Defendants offered him $50 for his services, which was declined, and this action was brought to recover their value. The jury awarded $170 and defendants appealed on the ground that, according to plaintiff’s version of the agreement, there was a special contract by which his compensation depended upon the…
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